Nonprofit organization working to enhance understanding and conservation of the natural, cultural and historical resources of the state''s public lands. Organization information, program offerings, books for sale, and related links.

Collection features over four million specimens in the fields of anthropology, archeology, astronomy, botany, geology, paleontology, zoology, and wildlife biology. Includes events, membership, hours, rates, volunteerism, and directions.

Museum Mission: The mission of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is to inspire wonder, discovery and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. The Museum assembles, conserves, interprets, and holds in trust collections of irreplaceable objects from nature and human history. These collections reveal the history of the Earth and the evolution and diversity of life and culture. They sustain programs of research, exhibits, education, and publication.